Patents by Inventor Yuhei Oka

Yuhei Oka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240119621
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for supporting a movement of a moving body in a predetermined area. The system acquires an image captured by an infrastructure camera such that the image includes a plurality of markers arranged in the predetermined area. The system compares the image acquired this time and the image acquired previous time. The system detects a position change marker among the plurality of markers whose position in the image acquired previous time changes from that in the image acquired this time. The system determines that the infrastructure camera is out of position when it is detected that number of the position change marker is equal to or more than a predetermined number. The system determines that the infrastructure camera is not out of position when it is detected that number of the position change marker is less than the predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroya Chiba, Koji Morita, Yuhei Oka, Daisuke Kakuma
  • Publication number: 20220126791
    Abstract: A sensor surface cleaning apparatus for a vehicle includes at least one sensor or camera, at least one cleaning unit for jetting a cleaning liquid toward a sensor surface of the sensor or camera, and a travel control ECU which operates in accordance with its operation mode switchable between a first mode in which automatic cleaning operation is permitted and a second mode in which the automatic cleaning operation is not permitted. In a period during which the operation mode is the first mode, the travel control ECU switches the operation mode to the second mode upon satisfaction of at least one of a first particular condition showing an environment in which the sensor surface easily becomes dirty and a second particular condition showing that dirt on the sensor surface cannot be removed by the cleaning liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryusuke SHIMIZU, Yuhei OKA
  • Patent number: 10479404
    Abstract: A vehicle includes upright sides, a hitch point between the upright sides, an interior display, and a control module communicatively connected with the display. The control module is configured to, in response to a backup event, operate the display during the backup event to display an area behind the vehicle, general-purpose steering guidelines, and a trailer-hitching steering guideline. The general-purpose steering guidelines lead from the upright sides, indicate a projected locus of the vehicle, and have a reach that is maintained regardless of changing steering angles. The trailer-hitching steering guideline leads from the hitch point, indicates a projected path of the hitch point, and has a reach that is adjusted based on changing steering angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: David B. Auner, Yuhei Oka
  • Publication number: 20190283803
    Abstract: A vehicle includes upright sides, a hitch point between the upright sides, an interior display, and a control module communicatively connected with the display. The control module is configured to, in response to a backup event, operate the display during the backup event to display an area behind the vehicle, general-purpose steering guidelines, and a trailer-hitching steering guideline. The general-purpose steering guidelines lead from the upright sides, indicate a projected locus of the vehicle, and have a reach that is maintained regardless of changing steering angles. The trailer-hitching steering guideline leads from the hitch point, indicates a projected path of the hitch point, and has a reach that is adjusted based on changing steering angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: David B. Auner, Yuhei Oka